Dead Man’s Hand

The Dead man’s hand is an urban legend about the most dangerous cards that can be dealt in a poker game. Two black Aces and two black Eights. The story goes that anyone who is dealt a dead man’s hand in a game of poker, dies immediately.

Unlike most hands in poker, the Dead man’s hand only contains 4 cards instead of 5, because you die before you receive the 5th card.

In 1876, the legendary Old West lawman, Wild Bill Hickok, was playing poker in a saloon in the town of Deadwood. He was dealt four cards in the game and when he turned them over, he realised he had been dealt the dead man’s hand.

He was dead before he got the 5th card. He had been shot in the back of the head and killed instantly. His body slumped forward over the poker table, still gripping the fateful cards in his left hand.

In order for it to work, you must be dealt the cards in this order. Eight, Ace, Eight, Ace. You see, “H” is the 8th letter of the alphabet, so when you get 8A8A, what the cards are really spelling out is “HA HA”. It’s like the universe is laughing at you.

So if you’re ever playing poker and someone deals you an 8 and then an Ace and then another 8 and then another Ace… Look behind you! Because chances are, you’re never going to be dealt another card.

Lol I played a prank on my sister based on this. I organized the cards as 8A8A when I dealt them to her. She was scared and like “OMG this is the Dead man’s hand!” I had an app setup that was a recording of a creepy voice. I played it she ran to her room. :P

srsly, just cuz H is the 8th letter of da alphabet doesn’t mean that it spells HAHA!!! it’s like me saying: if you get an ace and then another ace, it means that u gonne die, cuz one and one beside each other is 11, and i am 11 years old and it is 11:11 pm and i was born 1`1 years ago (i already mentioned that, i know) and i have 11 friends…..!?!?